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VOL. X.
A CURE FOR CANCER.
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LETTER OF A BUSINESS-LIKE OFFICE
i HOLDER TO MR. CLEVELAND. j
Did Tilden Mpear Hewitt?—Statistics of the
Cotton Crop—The Alert to he Re
turned —The Postoffice Appropria
tion and Other Bills.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Much interest has
been aroused in the medical profession by the
discovery of a Brazilian plant called Alveloz;
which is said to cure cancers. The fame of
the plant reached this country last summer,
and the attention it attracted resulted in the
sending of a despatch by the department of
state to Consul Atherton at Pernambuco, re
questing that he secure and forward sufficient
of the medicine for experimental purposes.
Early last, month his report and the medicine
reached the department. In his report he
says:
Dr Bandeira declines making any charge for his
information or for the medicines. I have to re
port that, in addition to the accompanying report
of Dr. Bandeira, I know of a ea-e where this med
icine has apparently cured cancer in the breast
The woman is about her work every day, and ap
pear* to be cured. There is a scar left about the
size of the end of a man’s thumb, with a depth of
about a quarter of an inch. The cure iapiinful,
as th'- n'ace has to be opened and mor' of *he
n ..k pu in. 'i i y seem to thick hen th. he
plant is equally potent in its prepared form, but I
think if 1 had a cancer I should prefer to Ihi
treat«Mi .where I could get the plant fresh.
A portion of this medicine, when it arrived,
was teoured by Dr. Smith Townshend, the
Health Officer of the District of Columbia,
for the purpose of trying it on a patient, Capt.
Duga], a man about sixty-five years of age,
who was suffering from a '-aneroid of the nose
of long standing. The effect was marvelous.
The wound began to heal from the first appli
cation, and in a very short time it Was,
to all ap]>earances, cured. The cure
appears to lie {permanent. Dr. Townshend
says he is now treating a lady
for cancer of the face, and is
apparently attaining the same good results
He hesitates about expressing a positive opin
ion as yet regarding its virtues as a specific
for cancer, but says that in these two eases it
seems to have accomplished what bo other
remedial agent known to medicine has done.
The quantity received by tho department of
state was small. The department has ordered
another supply, and Dr. Townshend has also
written to Consul Atherton, requesting that a
supply be sent to him at his expense.
A congressman who visited Mr. Cleveland
recently and had something to talk about be
sides the cabinet, says the president-elect tell
into a chatty mood and became quit-- enter
taining, The conversation turned upon the
voluminous ’correspond, nee received ince the
election, and Mr. Cleveland remar xl that
out of thousands of letters which had come to
him th relation to offices, there was < >»>«* which
he really felt like answering. Said he:
“That one was from a clerk in a department
at Washington. He wrote saying that he
was a republican, had always voted the tick* t,
and had worked hard for the election of Mr.
Blaine. Some time ago, not anticipating
any change in the politics of the administra
tion, he had bought a bouse end lot in
Washington on which he had thus far made
two . aymente. The third was about due, and
he’.nd the money saved to meet it. Nov/ if
changes were to be made and he kne he was
going to low his plane, he preferred to keep
the money and lot the propjrty go, as well as
the payment* he had made. What ho was
holding would enable him to maintain h s
family whild be looked around and found
something to do. If, however, he was not to
be disturbed, he wanted to meet Hie payment
and not jeopardize the property. That was
the situation he was in. He would like to
know wliat to do about it.”
“Now,” Concluded Mr. Cleveland, “that
was a bus’nes»-like view of the situation, and
I felt like -itting down and writing that fel
low he could stay.”
One of the Tammany organization em
ployed at the house remarked this evening
that there waa one thing Samuel J. Til
den had not tailed to do at the late interview
had with the president-elect, and that was to
effectually spear Abram 8. Hewitt and Mr.
Whitney. He predicts Dorsheimer’s recog
nition in the early distribution of jiatronagc.
The February cotton report of the depart
ment of agriculture makes the prpixirtion of
the crop sent to the market from the planta
tions ou the Ist of February 89 per cent, of the
crop, having 11 per <‘ent. to Im* marketed.
Virginia. North Carolina, Florida and Louisi
ana report 90; Texas and Georgia, 91; South
Carolina, 92, while Mississippi returns 89 per
cent., Alabama, «7, and Arkansas and Ten
nessee, 86. The average date of close of pick
ing is earlier than last year by 6 days in Vir
ginia, 3 in North Carolina, 1 in Georgia, 3 in
Mi»i®ippi, 10 in Texas, 8 in Arkansas and 10
in Tennessee. The date is tho same as last
year in Florida and Alabama. The average
dates reported are:
Virginia, December 6; North Carolina, No
▼ember 25; South Carolina, November 20;
Georgia, November 19; Florida, November 130:
Alabama, November 24; Mississippi, Novem
ber 23; Laiisiana, November 28; Texas, No
vember 20; Arkansas, December 4 ; Tonnes*
eeee, November 30. From the returns tht
product, as compared with last year, an ag
gregate crop of about five and two-thirds
millions bales is indicated, or about 99 pel
per cent, of the crop last year, and but
■lightly differing from the indications. The
December report comparison follows by
States:
Virginia 90 North Carolinalof
Soulh Ch ruiina .... 1J 2 Georgia 101
Florida 102 Alabamalot
Missiadppi 98 Louisiana M
Texas 89 Arkansas. 9i
Tennessee .. to I
West of the Mississippi there appears to lx
a reduction in the product, notwithstanding
increased acreage.
The house committee on public buildings
and grounds has prepared a statement, em
bodied in a report recently made to the house,
■bowing the amount of money expended foi
public buildings and grounds. It indicates
that the amount of money appropriated foi
this puryxise since tl»e beginning of the gov
ernment foi- i>ostoo ces and customs buildings
alone is nearly one hundred millions of dol
lars. Add to this the stuns ex
pended in Was lington for the public
buildings here, and the expenditures
by the war depaitment for its buildings, and
the total will run past $150,000,000. New
York, of coursa gets the lion’s share, as she
does in everything. She has had SI(>,UOO,(XX):
Pennsylvania has had $10,000,00(1; Massachu
setts, Ohio and Illinois, $8,000,000 apiece; Mis
souri, $7,000,000; Louisiana, $0,000,000; Cali
fornia, $4,500,000; South Carolina, $3,500,000
Maiue, Maryland and Tennessee about 82,000,•
000 each, and Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia
and Connecticut a trifle over $1,(XX),00(
apiece. None of the others in the list reach
$1,000,000.
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 13. The chair laid lie
fore the senate a communication from thf
tecretary of the interior in reply to a resolu
tion of Mr. Van Wyck, calling for in forma
tion respecting the indebtedness of the Pacific
railroads to the government. Referred.
The concurrent resolution of the Louse, pro
1 viding for the appointment of ft joint com- I
mittee to officially inform Messrs. Cleveland ;
' and Hendricks of their election, was, on mo I
I tion of Mr. Garland, who thought the phrase
ology should lie changed, referred to the
! committee o.a privileges and elections.
i On motion of Mr. Miller (Cal.) the senate I
! passed a joint resolution authorizing the presi
dent to return to the government of Great
Britain with thanks the Arctic relief steamer
| Alert.
The joint resolution authorizing the secre-
I tary of war to loan touts to the American As
sociation of the Red Cross for use at New Or
leans also glassed.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the
appointment of a committee on the part of
the senate to make ail necessary arrange
ments for the inauguration.
Mr. Dolph’s bill to repeal the pre-emption
and timber culture laws t hen came up, the
immediate question being the amendment of
Mr. Palmer, proposing to legalize the patents
to lands purchased in good faith where such
lands had not been proclaimed by the presi
dent and offered at public auction. Adopted.
Yess nays 22. i
House.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Mr. Bumes (Mo.)
from the committee on appropriations reported
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill with the senate amendments, in which he
moved non-concunenc(\ Agreed to.
Mr. Hancock (Tex.) reported the pension
appropriation bill and moved non-concurrence
in the senate amendmf-nts. Agreed to.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on the postoffice appropriation bill, the
pending proposition being an amendment pro
posed by Mr. Skirmor (N. Y.), extending the
free delivery system to places having over
ID,(MX) inhabitants, with postal revenues in ex
cess of SIO,OOO. Ruled out on noiut of order.
SIGNED AWAY HIS FORTUNE. |
The Young 3lan Wishes the Act Annulled
that Made Him l enniless. % j
Lewiston, Pa., Feb. 13.—Dr. Worrall re
sided here a few years ago with his young son
Clarence and Mamie Ba.ley, h.'s housekeeper.
At his father’s death, in 1877, Clarence inherit
ed the bulk of the family yroicrty, consisting
of ret ! estate in Lewiston and Philadelphia,
worth SSO,(XX). .Mamie Bailey received $5,000
for faithful service'. Clarence was at that
time nineteen years old, and had a decided
talent for painting. He was, however, in
very T»cx>r health, and was a sort of hypo- (
chondriac. Jie lived in morbid fear of im-i
j«*nding/lea' h, and excluded himself entirely
from sijoiety.
Shortly after he attained his majority in ’
1879 he was taken dange ously ill. Upon hi? j
recovery, believing th. : he would not five
long, he i . ide over hi ■ property to Mamie
Bailey by deed, to be record-d only in ease of
hisdrath. Mamie Builrj retained this deed, ,
and young Worrall confined to live in his
hou e.
The following summer Miss Boonora Mon I
t nie, a young lady of Philadelphia, paid
\ :->r to her country cousin. Clarence Worrall,
at his home. By her sprightliness and vi
\a*she brougl . .mg Worrall to a
Ir f.' hier state of mind. He lost his morbid
fear of dca became init i ated in the world
aronnd him, and completely regained his
health. The young artist lull in love with ui;i
• "idn, and in the following yiar the}' ma‘-
ried and removed to Philadelphia.
Mamie Bailey at once caused the deed in
her possession to be unknown to
Ci.r ence, who was then working away at his
ea iin Philadelphia. Th s legal effect of
Mamie Baihjy’s action was scarcely understood
b” voung Worrall at first, but gradually the
fae. dawned upon him that ho had made him
self ixmniless by his ignorance. fiTwiugh his
lawyers he urged his righis in equity bes >re
Judge Bucher in the Mifflin county court. His
honor has not yet rendered his decision, but
it is belie*, od the young man will recover his
inheritance.
COUCH’S EXPEDITION.
I’repnring for the Next lacursion on Okla
homa March 5.
Wichita, Kas., Feb 13.—W. L. Couch,
leader of the Oklahoma boomers, and Staf
ford, Brown and Wileox, three of his follow
ers who were arrested on the charge of un
lawfully and feloniously conspiring together .
to levy war against the United States govern
ment, were arraigned before the United |
Slab" commissioner on Wednesday and wie
discharged without a hiMiring. The witnesses
for the government failed to put in an ap-|
pearance. The assistant United States attor
ney discharged the prisoners. Lieut. Day and
Sergts. Rogers and Wilson arrived in the
evening and arrangements were made for re
arresting (’ouch and the others, and giving
them a hearing. Couch and the assistant
United States district attorney held a consul
tation and made arrangements in regard to
the prosecution. Couch Is very desirous of
having the matter tested in courts and will de
everything in his power to further
it. An enthuiastic meeting was
held Wednesday evening. Speeches
ore made and all ai rangemttuts were com
pleted f- >r the expedition into the territory on
March 5. There will be two divisions of the
movement, one the Walden colony, of Kansas
City, mid tlie other under Couch. The former
organization refuses to a'UEate with the Payne
organization, of which (.touch is leader, claim
ing that h** and his fol) iwers are attempting
to monopolize the best lands. They adopted
to that etTi.ct. i
An (Hd Claim.
Beardstown, IP., Feb. 13.—History, when
rot repeating it-elf, seems to be at work on
important events. Through this agency, ft is
not imjiossible that D. M. Irwiu, an old resi
dent of this city, may yet cut some figure in
v hat is termed the French spoliation bill,
wlu h allows $12,000, (XX) for the liquidation
of about 820,(X)0,000 of claims. Bills were
presented against the French government lot
ships and cargoes captured during the French
revolution, and against which Bonaparte
trumped up counter claims. On two occas
sions bills allowing these claims have been
vi b'cd, but finally a commission to adjudicate
th nn has been reached. The father of Mr.
Irwin had three vessels and cargoes cap
tured in 1800, and if it is found that the claim
was filed and presented in i egular form with
others, which is more tlian probable, a small
fortune awaits the Irwin heirs.
Whole l-’amily Burled Together.
Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 13.—An Upton,
Ky., sjiecial to the Evening Time; says: Mr.
William Dudgeon, near Hammondsville, Hart
county, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. His seven-months-old child died
Tuesday morning, and when it was reported
to him that his wife was dying af*o he was
overcome with grief. He went out chind tlw
house, where he was found lying on the
ground with his throat cut. He was a young
man, and has been man ie I only two years.
The remains of Mr. Dudgeon, wife and child
were placedin one coflin and interred in Ham
mondsville burying-ground.
How Hoar Retaliates.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Senator Hoar and
Representative Long pre-emptorily declined
to attend the Harvar d club dinner and re
union at Wormley’s hotel Wednesday night,
on account of the exclusion of Richard
Greener and another mulatto graduate, by a
formal vote of the cli b.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 15. 1885.
ENGLAND GLOOMY.
DEATHS OF GORDON AND EARLE HER
CROWNING HORROR.
Earle Goes Down at the Head of His Black
Watch—Th© Greatest Martial Prepara
tions of the Generation Under
TV ay—Partisan Bigotry.
Kortt, Feb. 13.—Gen. Earle was killed in a
fight occurring near the Nile, a few miles
alxjve the Dueka islands, where the Arabs
had fortified a pass and built a small fort on
the left side of the river. Earle’s men, consist
ing of the Black Watch and South Stafford
regiments, a squadron of huzzars, an Egyp
tian camel corps, hospital corps, with two
Egyptian artillery guns, were subjected to a
heavy fire from field guns which
the Arabs had placed m command
ing positions. Gen. Earle had no
artillery, except as mentioned, and ordered
i a charge under a heavy' fire. The troops
1 scram bled up the hill and drove the A l abs
from their position at the point of the bayo
net, who slowly retired to a little fort of sand
and mattings, from which a desperate fire
was poured upon tho British. It was to cap
tured this fort that Earle placed himself at
the head of the Black Watch. He fell at the
moment of a dearly bought victory, that in
addition to Gen. Earle left throe officers and
eight men killed and thirty-five wounded.
The Feeling in England.
London, Feb. 13.—The news of Gen. Gor
don’s death and of the hideous massacre of all
persons in Khartoum who were suspected of
any friendship for the English or their cause
j comes to London as the crowning horror of
I tho nightmare under which tha British have
! been writhing for a week past. Luckily the
bustle and parade of probably the greatest
I martial preparations that this generation ha»
seen operate to distract the public mind from
brooding overmuch on the tragic Nile catas
trophe. In military circles the activity avd
excitement are immense. Outlying regiments
are coming in to form a heavy garrison, which
London needs, or thinks it needs, at the pres
ent time to replace the guards who are hastily
preparing to embark for Suakim. The im
pending levy of volunteers brings the fact of
the vastness of the enterprise home to the
: e »ple, and overshadows the Khaitoum shock
, for the moment.
I Even in this hour of enthusiasm sensible
military critics are gloomy over the two grave
' features of the new policy. One of these is.
I that a summer campaign has apparently been
1 decided on, and this promises frightful losses,
botli from the nature of the climate and from
the battles that will lie fought. The other
j feature is that Gen. Sir Frederick S. Roberts,
of Cabul, has again been shelved by the par-
I tisan bigotry that exists in the cabinet, and
I the command given to Gen. Graham. Gen.
I Roberts’ appointment would have spread uni
versal trust, because of his brilliant record.
It is no secret that Lord Wolseley accepted
certain conditions from the cabinet which he
liimself believed to be dangerous, in his eager
ness to prevent the choice of Gen'. Roberts foi
the original expedition. «
The German Flan; ’ n Samoa.
London, Feb. 13.—The rumor current ■
' few weeks ago that Germany had annex H
the Samoan Islands Ls revived, and telegravns
f. am New Zeali nt t .te that to h the
English and American consuls at Apia have
formally protested against the hoisting of the
German flag at any point in the group whica
is under the protection of the United States.
Agreeing About the Congo.
Lisbon, Feb. I.—lt is ascertained from
diplomatic sources that the Portuguese gov
ernment and the International African asso
ciation have virtually reached an agreement
concerning their respective rights and posses
sions in the Congo basin.
A Big Kick from China.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 1. —The Chi
nese government intends making the expul
sion of the Chinese from Eureka, Cal., on the
7th inst., an international matter, and to
claim an indemnity from the United States.
WEDDED TO A JAILBIRD.
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\ W ealthy Ohio Girl Marrie© a Man She
Had Never Seen.
Newark, 0., Feb. 1 .—Last July Charles
Klett was placed in jail here under a sentence I
of sixty days and a fine of SSOO for stealing
chickens. In the jail at the same time wau
Jacob Houck, an old insane resident of Bur
lington township. Houck had a daughter
named Anna, nineteen years old, wieghin i
almost 200 pounds and about four and a half
feet in heighth. Houck was released from
jail in a short time and going home related to
his daughter Anna, what a nice young fellow
Klett was. The girl became interested in him
and w ote to him. Her letter was answered
and the correspononce was continued.
She was anxious to know what brought him (
there. He answered that with some compan- j
ions on a spree he had drawn cuts to see who
would secure a chicken to roast and it fell to
b lot, which got him in jail January 31
Klett was discharged. Miss Houck never saw
him until they met and proceeded to Burling
t<m township, where the courtship so strangely
I begun was consunvoated by marriage. Misu
I Houck inherited a’ out $40,000 worth of prop
’ erty from her moi her. She owns a fine farm,
on which she and her husband will live. Very
little is known here of Klett except that in
never did any work.
Ablx»ts Chosen.
St, Vincent College, Penn., Feb. 18.—
The Rev. Father Janies Jiliox, O. 8. 8., and
the Rev. Father Oswald Moosmueller, were
chosen respectively as the Benedictine abbots
of St. Mary’s abbey, Newark, N. J., and St.
Mary’s Help of Christians, Gaston county, N.
C. The abbot-elect of Newark is a native
of that city. He is only thirty-five years old
and is the youngest abt»t in the world. The
abbot of North Carolina is now stationed
in Savannah, and is a member of the council
of Bishop Gross. He is fifty-three years old
nnd a native of Bavaria.
Cleveland Not Writing Letters.
Albany, Feb. 13.—President-elect Cleve
land authorizes a positive contradiction of the
statement t hat he has sent a letter to Senatoi
Bayard, tendering that gentleman a cabinet
position. He further authorizes the statement
that he has uot issued letters to anybody else
on that or kindred subjects, and does not in
tend to do so fur some time to come.
A Southern Colored lawyer.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 13.—Mr. Lyons, a col
ored member of the Augusta bar, apjieared
in the supreme court and applied for admis
sion to practice. The clerk found his papers
all regular and ordered the applicant sworn
in. This is the first negro lawyer who hai
been made a member of the supreme court
under democratic auspices.
Th© Engineer Killed; th© Mill Wrecked.
Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 18.— The boiler in
McDaniel & Wright’s new flour mill, at
Franklin, twenty miles south of this city, ex
ploded killing Engineer James High an 4
wrecking the niilL Damage, SIO,(XX).
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A MAGNIFICENT MARRIAGE.
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Wedding of Miss Mackay and Prince Col
onna—A Notable Social Event.
Paris, Feb. 18.—Miss Eva Mackay was
married to Don Ferdinand Julien Colonna,
Prince of Galatro. The ceremony was private,
and performed with Pontifical high mass, by
Monsignor De Reude, Papal Nuncio, in the
Nuncio’s chapel, this city. But forty arsons
j were present.
| The nuptial benediction was administered by
Monsignor De Reude, who also delivered the
marriage address. The civil ceremony of
marriage, Inch is required by French law,
was performed Wednesday.
The witnesses to this were: Prince Colonna
Doria, Prince Colonna,United States Minister
Morton and Duke Decazes. After the cele
bration of the religious rites on Wednesday,
Mrs. Mackay, mother of the bride, gave a
grand bridal reception, which in every respect
must rank with the most magnicent festivals
of Fi ench history.
The reception was especially distinguished
by quality of guests, among whom were in
duded alnjut every i>erson of distinction and
worth in French society. Conspicuous among
these were Gen. Compte Menabrea, Italian
ambassador to France; Count Camondo and
Madame Wyse Bonaparte.
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MISS EVA MACKAY.
i Miss Evelyn Bryant Mackay, heiress of the
“bonanza king,” is only a daughter by adop
tion of Mr. Mackay; her father, Dr. Bryant,
was her mother's first husband. Miss Eva,
as she is called, was born in California
alxjut twenty-two years ago. Since
1874 she has lived with her mother in
Paris, for the purpose of pursuing her
studies, which have been exceedingly thor
ough. Besides a study of the arts, she has
become a thorough linguist, speaking with far
cility five languages. She is also an accom
plished musician and possessed of a fine voice.
The fortunate young prince who secures thte
lady belongs to one of the most illfistrioits
families of Italy. He is twenty-seven, accom
plished, speaking the English language flu
ently. He is the owner of the yacht Sappho,
and at present an officer in the Italian army,
from which it he will resign and
make, with his bride, an extended tour
through America.
A QUARTET OF CRIMINALS.
Pay the Penalty of Murder and Meet Death
at the Gallowsi
Little Rock., Ark., Feb. 13.—Rush John
son and Lige Parker expiated the crime on
the gallows here. The execution took place
in the jail yard enclosure in the presence of
200 ptiople, only those holding passes being ad
mitted. A great crowd gathered around the
enclosure, while many gained a view from
tho surrounding trees and housetops. The
i culprits sjxmt the night in devotional exer
»dsr*B. They were both negroes and IxAh were
murderers. Each adopted the same method
in dispatching his victim—that of assassina
tion. One used the revolver, the other the
rifle. The causes tliat actuatexl the bloody
and cruel slaughter were the same. One was
purely for revenge for an imaginary wrong,
the other for revenge and pecuniary gain. i
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.—Richard Treuke
was hanged in the corridor of the county
prison here. The crime for which he was ex
ecuted was the murder of Augusta Zimm, his
paramour, and the wife of his friend. Treuke
wanted the woman to wholly desert her hus
band, which she declined to do.
On the nij ’it of October 7 last the two met
and were ol ’-ved standing talking together
’on the street. The man appeared angry, mid
i suddenly drew a revolver which he fired, the
! shot taking effect behind Mrs. Zimin’s heart,
ajid in a few* moments she was a corpse.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., Feb. 13. Notwith
standing the extreme cold hundreds of strang
ers witnessed the execution of Dr. Beach, for
the murder of his wife in April last. He was
perfectly resigned and professes to have made
• his peace with his Maker. When upon the
fatal drop he arranged his feet and calmly sur
veyed the crowd. The Rev. Killinger then
read a statement prepared by Beach to the ef
fect that when retiring for the night, previ
ous to tbe murder, he and his wife were on
the most affectionate terms, and alleging that
I the crime was not premeditated.
Excitement at a Funeral.
1 Kingston, N. Y., Feb. 13. —Much excite
ment was caused during the funeral of Mrs.
H. Swart in the First Reformed Church, in
this city. While the sermon was being
jireachod by tbe Rev. Dr. Van Slyke a number
of ladies observed a flush on the face of the
body. Dr. Van Slyke was informed of tlie
circumstance and the services were stopped.
Many persons believed that Mrs. Swart was
in a trance, and that she had narrowly es
caped being buried alive. The undertaker
i and a physician were summoned. The physi
cian said there was no doubt that Mrs. Swart
! was dead. It is supposed that tbe flush was
produced by the heat of the church.
The Greasers Brought to Terms.
Dogle Pass, Tex., Feb. 13. —It seems that
the Texas border D oubles have come to a
happy and unexpected end. Capt. Hall and
the sheriff of Dimmitt county met two Mexi
cans od an island in the Rio Grande and
agreed to release four of the five Mexicans
now confined in the Carrigo jail ujx)n the
Mexicans agreeing to assist in preventing the
stealing of stock and punish all men caught
; stealing or running off any animals. Mexi-
I cans lined one bank of the river and Ameri-
• cans the other while the negoliauuns were
pending on the island.
Voluntary Manslaughter.
Lexington, Ky., Fob 13.—The jury in the
case of J. P. or “Happy” Goers, on trial for
the murder of George Stewart, at one of the
pulls at last August election, after being out
twenty-two hours returned a verdict of vol
untary manslaughter, and fixed a penaly of
twenty-one years’ imprisonment. It was
shown that Stewait was drunk, and stoo]>ed
for a brick while advancing on Geers, who
has but one arm, when Geers pulled his pistol
from his breast and shot Stewart through the
head, killing him instantly.
Th© Chines© Must Not Come.
Ottawa, Ont.. Feb. 13.—A1l the memberi
of the dominion parliament have received cir
culars from the executive of the trade and
labor unions of Canada declaring in effect
that these bodies will not support any mem
ber or any party not in favor of prohibition
of Chinese and pauper immigration mte
Canada.
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I CRAZY BILLS.
THE NEW SWINDLING SCHEME OF
PATCHWORK MONEY.
A Package at the New York Sub-Treasury
that Excited Suspicion—Evidence that
the Practice of Mutilating Money is
Being Indulged Id.
New York, Feb. 13.—-A young man who
gave his address as “Arthur Gravelle, Ren
frow House, Ottawa,” presented SBIO in muti
lated bills ut the sub-treasury for redemption
on Wednesday afternoon. The bills were held
together by a narrow paper band, and they
made a jwkage about three-quarters of an
inch thick. They consisted of legal tender
notes and silver certificates of $5, $lO and
S2O denominations. Tbe upper left-hand
quarter of each bill was gone, and the pack
age looked as though the missing portion was
cut out all at once. The young stranger said
he had bought the bills from a man who told
him that they had been jiartly eaten up by
rate. He was questioned closely about his
own identity, but his answers were not satis
factory to the sub-treasury offleera. The usual
rule of the treasury department is to redeem
not less than two-thirds of a bill nt its face
value, when the mutilated portion clearly
shows what the face value is. In this case,
however, the sub-treasury officers suspected
fraud and they turned the young man over to
Chief Drummond, of the United States secret
service.
Mr. Marlor, of the sub-treasury, compared
some of the mutilated bills presente I by Gra
velie with one of the patched ten-d> »llar silver
certificates sent in for redemption last week.
The patched certiticaie comprised pieces of
four different certificates. - Upon close scru
iny Mr. Marlor found that one of the fourt
pieces used to make the bogus certificate be
longed to one of the mutilated teu-dollar silver
certificates presente 1 by Gravelle. The
one-quarter and the thre( -quarters matched
exactly and minutely, showing that
the smaller piece had been torn
from the larger one. That discovery dis
posed of the rat story, but there was nothing
to show that Mr. Gravelle liad any hand in
making the patchwork certificate. The dis
trict attorney looked into the case and advised
Chief Drummond that Mr. Gravelle could not
be held merely for having the mutilated bills
in his possession.
There is abundant circumstantial evidence
to show that the practice of tearing oner fifth
or a quarter from a government note, and
1 malting up a new note out of the pieces, is be
ing extensively indulged in. The patch-work
note, in each case, is put in active circula
tion, while the original notes, less one-fifth or
one-quarter, are either sold at a discount or i
they are sent to the treasury department
for redemption. According to this theory |
the package of SBIO presented to the
sub-treasury by Gravelle is only one of four
j packages. There must be three other simi
lar packages somewhere, differing only in the
| fact that in each lot a different quarter of the
; bills is missing. The rogues in this j>articular
case seem to have mutilated $3,240 of good
ineney.in order to make SBIO of '“patchwork”
money. I
LIEUT. KISLINGBURY’S DIARY.
A Record of Bickering, Bad Feeling and
I Dissension.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The diary of Lieut.
Kislingbury, of the Greely party, which has
been copied in the signal office and thrown I
open to inspection, covers 150 pages of fools
cap and begins August 9, 1883, after the
abandonment of Fort Conger, where the party
had spent two winters.
It appears from the diary that Lieut Kis-
Kngbury was suspended from duty by Lieut
Greely on the 26th of August, 1881,
, Just two weeks after the arrival of
the expedition at its destination. He
was virtually under arrest from that time
until April 8, 1884, when he was returned to
duty and notified by Lieut. Greely that he !
was next in rank and should command in the
event of the latter’s death. Under date of
j the 10th of May, 1884, Lieut. Kislingbury
writes that misumlerstanding each other for
three years, that his (Kislingbury’s) conduct
had been manly and commendable tin-ough
out, and he (Greely) begged pardon. ()nly a
few days later, however, the commanding
j officer, according to Lieut. Kislingbury’s
! account, insulted him by calling him
; a liar, and their personal relations again be
came hostile. The greater part of Lieut.
Kislingbury’s diary- is taken up with criti
cisms and complaints of Lieut. Greely,
towards whom the writer seems to have en
tertained a feeling of bitter resentment.
, Among the acts of the commanding officer
which are unfavorably commented upon are
the putting under arrest during tho retreat
of Dr. Pavy, whom Kislingbury character
izes as “the most sensible and hardest work
ing man we have along;” tbe swearing at the
men and the threatning to shoot one of them
(Cross) without any reason whatever. Tbe
whole diary is a record of bickering, bad feel
ing and
Lieut. Greeley, spealting of tbe statement
contained in Lieut. Kislingbury’s diary, said:
“1 do not think criticism on Lieut. Kisling
bury becoming. The tone of his diary re
garding me speaks for itself. In ' innection
with Lieut. Kislingbury, it should l>e said,
as a n.atter of justice to him and
me, that during the last six weeks be
was at times out of his head,
excitable and could not remember. In con
sequence, several unpleasant re
sulted, and at a misstatement wl h placed
■mein a false jKMation, I, in a m uect ‘
| anger, called him a liar, but later apologi; 1
| What he said was not so, but I think 1 is m.
and memory- failed him. V e re full
reconciled, however, before his death.”
Good News for Breadwinners.
New York, Feb. 13.—The Evening Post is
authority for the statement that within the
last month not less than fifty iron-working
establishments, which had suspended oper
ations in various parts of the country, have
started up, employing probably 80,000 men. >
The Post says: “In short, we have started
into a new era in tho iron industry, in which
the imputation of foreign iron will continue to
diminish, with the result of contributing
largely to continue the balance of trade in our
favor, and thus bring us gold from abroad in
stead of iron.”
Fatal Hotel Fire.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 18.—Tbe Ka
nawha house was discovered to be on fire early
Wednesday and before on alarm could be .
given the building was wrapped in fianiea.
Richard McLaughlin was confined in bed by I
sickness and in the confusion was forgotten.
His charred and blackened remains were
found in the ruins, as was also a burned and
blackened mass supixwed to be the remains of
Ann Berry, a domestic, who is missing.
I Indicted for Murder.
Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 13.—An indict
ment ha« just been found against Wm. Welch
for murder in the first degree. He says be is
not guilty. His trial is set for Satimlay,
February 28. Herman Fedder is tbe victim.
i 1
THE CONDENSER.
rmh. Pithy New. Items Boiled Down foe
th© llurrted Reader.
1 The wife in Horix’s brewery’, at Akron, 0.,
ft as blown o]>en by burglars and $l2O taken.
I Guiseppe Judici, who killed Maggiorial
Daclieis in Brooklyn, is sentenced to be
hanged April 3.
Jab Franz, proprietor of the St. Jamee
hotel, at Mansfield, 0., has drawn a $6,000
prize in a lottery.
Winterset and Indianola branch of the Rock
Island read was sold on Wednesday und**
foreclosure to the Rock Island.
Pat Sheedy, Sullivan’s manager, bos gone
to New Orleans to arrange a glove contest
between Ryan and Sullivan there.
President-elect Cleveland attended Gov.
Hill’s first official reception Wednesday even
ing and assisted m receiving guests.
James Ellison, ft Brookville (Ind.) attorney,
was arrested Monday, charged with stealing
■ valuable mare from Elijah Elliott, a farmer,
living near that place.
By an explosion in the Vale colliery at
Westvihe, Nova Scotia, Tuesday night, thir
teen men were killed outright, six were badly
injured, and one escap’d.
Contractor* have proposed to build a
railroad Yom Suakim to Berber at the rate
of twenty miles per day if guaranteed mili
tary protection in the work.
At Parkersburg, W. Va., Wednesday, A.
F. Mullenix was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary for robbing the postoffice at
Berea, W. Va., about a year ago.
| George I. Seney’» magnificent collection of
pictures, second only in value to that of Wil
liam H. Vanderbilt, ordered to be sold by
auction on March 16, at New York.
Harris & Janes, bankers, at St Genevieve,
Mo., have made an assignment Mr. Harris
was also engaged in copper mining and smith
ing, and valued lus estate at $200,000.
Simon Hankey, one of Akron’s, 0., best
known citizens and a wealthy lumber dealer,
was thrown from his aleigh Wednesday
nigh|, and his skull fractured. He died at
midnight.
A ; frightful boiler explosion occurred
Wednesday afternoon at what are known
as Cumbler’s quarries, about four and a half
miles from Harrisburg, Pa., by which Chris
tian Horn (white) and John T. Spencer (col
ored) were instantly killed.
Later reports from the railroad acci
dent near Creston, la,, on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, show
the casualties to be greater than at first
expected. It is feared that the number of
deaths by the accident and by exposure and
wounds will reach sixteen.
THE IMMIGRATION OF 1884-
Germany Leads All Other Countries In th©
I Number of People Coining Hither.
New York, Feb. 13.—The annual report of
the commissioners of emigration shows that
during the year 1884 385,622 passengers were
landed at Castle Garden from foreign ports, a
decrease of 67,070 from last year. Os this
number 380,030 were aliens and 55,592 were
citizens or had previously visited this
country. Os the aliens the largest number
from one country came from Germany, viz.,
! 141,922. From Ireland came 39,966; England,
I 82,086; Sweden, 16,722; Norway, 9,942; Italy,
I 14,076; Russia, 12,432; Switzerland, 1,237;
Denmark, 7,100; Bohemia, 7,093; Netherlands,
8,029; Scotland, 6,872; Austria, 3,731; Wales,
1,776; France, 3,898; Hungary, 15,797; Lux
emburg, 242; Belgium, 1,971; Spain, 962; Tur
key, 72, and 3,104 from various foreign pointe.
I New York state received 111,472 of the
aliens, more than three times the number of
of any other state, ami more than any other
five states. Pennsylvania received the next
largest number, namely, 33,992. Os the w nole
number of iimingranis landed at the garden,
23,013 were met there by their friends ;406 lone
children were forwarded te their parents or
friends, while 586 husbands met their wives
there and 494 parents their children, ibe
emigrant boarding-houses near tbe garden
lodged 41,583 iimmgiante during the yea r.
j There were returned by tbe board to the
ports whence they came, 1,144 immigrants fur
cause, as follows: Sixty-three were inane,
4 blind, five deaf and dumb, 21 cripples, lU3
were enceinte, 73 were incapacitated irom
supporting themselves by reason of old age
and 875 were from sickness or destitution un
able to maintain themselves.
Barbara Knexled th© Money.
New York, Feb. 13. —Barbara Merchant,
tbe stewardess of tbe Bermuda, of the Que
bec fine, who fell from the vessel and injured
her knee, has been awarded $5,U00 damages
against the company by the United Statee
court.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Latent Quotations of the Stock, I’rtxluw
and Cattle Markets.
Nxw York, Feb. 12.—Money easy al 1 per
ExcbaiJgu quiet and firm. Governments steady.
Alt. & Ten e Haute. 81 Morris & Essex. 119
Bur. & Qunicy . ...121J4 Missouri Pacuic. i
Canada Pacino.. - - N. Y. & Ena
Canada southern N. Y. Central UUm
Central i'acdicNoiUiwesiern ...
I Chicago .x .Lion... 133 Pacific Mail
’C-,C.,C. cVI 35 Ruck Island... ...111>J
Del. «S Hudson.... (6 tk- I‘aui.
Dei., Luck. X W St. P. 3t. 8. C
lUinuis Centrall2s; a du pre! erred ..
Jersey Central.. Texas £ Pacific. 14
Kansas <£ Texas.... 13% U. Pacific 50
Lake bborete - 4 West. Union...
Louisville Nash . Us> e Naau. & Ciiatt te
General*
Cincinnati, Feb. 12. FLOUB-—Fancy,
A.SU; family,
WHEAT—No. 2 red, 87c; No. a, MiXjtec.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 43c; No. 8,42 c; ear,
43c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed, 8254®830; No. 2 white, 34a
RYE—No. 2,71 c.
BARLEY—Spring, SAfIHWc: fall, 7H>S4c.
PoKn. Family, $12..A^12.twy > ; regular, sll
BACON—Shoulders, 5! aU$5?4; snort ciear nidai
7.50(5»7.5.>c. I^rd—Kettle-
CHEESE—Prime to cboice Onio, KMpllc; Xew
York, 3 o; Northwestern,
POULTRY -Fair einekeus, s2.sdtf3.Jo; prime,
$3.25<g3.75; ducks, $3.50; geese, per
dba; live turkeys, tf l , a QJilOc; dnewed,
HAY—No. 1 timothy, |I2AU®I3.QO; No. 2, U.flft
®12.u0; mixed, $lu.ouill.00; wheat and rye straw,
>0.00(dh(X»; eats straw, s.’.OOtg>s.uO,
i N«w York, Feb, 11-WHEAT—No. 1 white, tto;
No. 3 red, Feb., ss
CORN—Mixed western, 49‘4^50 l 4c; futures
Oatf W extern. 3d <pk>e
New Orleans, Feb. 12.—SUGAR—Refining, com
mon, 4‘k »c; inferior, a c; choice white,
5%c; off v. lnte, s(^s'^c;choice yellow, 5
MOLASSES—Good fair, 2.\g>32c: prime,
(flMMce, 44c; centrifugal prime, fair, 33<
Detroit, Feb. 12.—WHEAT —N<x 1 white, 87<|
Ho. 3 red, 77c; Michigan sufe red, 87%c.
Toledo, Feb. IX—WHEAT—Na 2,70 o; Na 1
■oft,
Lire stock.
’ Cincinnati,'Feb 12.—CATTLE— Good to ehofleo
butchers, fair, con:mon
Stockers and feeders, $3.75<4p4.00; yvai lmgi
and calves, $2..?’ a.3.30.
HOGS—Selected butchers, fair to
good packing, fair to goxj fight.
| 6.15(9; common, s3.iKx.gH dO; culls, -5.
i SHEEP—Common to fair, good to
choice, sy..At}i4.2s; weathers, s4.ob,<^>.Uo. La cube,
cominom. $8.0txa>3.75; good $ki4.76.
Chicago, Feb. 12.— HOGS—Fair to good, $4 50£
4.90; mixed packing, s4.(Wyss.()o; cboioe heavy,
-20.
CATTLE—Exports, good to eboioe
t aMpping, ■—i te teir,
1 Makers and feedarKSbMOMk
NO. 252
&itteR s
F’ tbanv ft Hoftnur’f Mea trh Fitter* the
b f gored (i jeriteeoi tbe founienrnce and
■si.cans ini djßpeptrs are supplanted by •
h- a tht r look, and »■ the food is •••unlisted,
thabed) *cqn ret vub«t«ree. Ajjxtto la ra
»torrd. end the n*rv nt «yev m re'rt' bed *' 4 th
nine- »*•<*»•'• e ember, th’our b* •■© of th<«
which !• • 8 < tMmflolal <•' peraoss of
• rbeuma Ic tend r>ey, and an it ea Imable pr»-
vei t»'ivr o' t v«r »nd «g •.
F >r »a eby til rin»vt*ts and Dcateit
»»ner»>lv.
( V
FIKHI PTI.EBH FILES!!!
Bota cure for Blind. Bleeding »nd Itct».
tnir Plloe. Ono box h«» mi rod th« worst
n' 40 venrß' Btandlna. No nno nood
«uffur flvo mlnutPß after uetnar
Indlnn Pil*Ointment. It abeorbe turnon,
alleys Itcbtnn, ante as poultice, glree In*
etant reHer. Prepared only for Idle*,
ttobinir of the private parta, nothtnu elaa.
Ron. J. M. Coffenbury,of Cleveland, says:
“I have used sccree of Pile cures, and It
affords me pleasure to say that I have
never found anythlntr which trlves such
immediate and permanent relief as Dr.
William’s Indian Pile Ointment, ” Sold by
frnjnrlefs and mailed on receipt of pries,
*l, For sale by Brantr'n A Carson, H.
Carter, John P. Turner and Geo. A, Brad
ford. Columbus. Ga. j
Dr. Frailer’, Rent Bitter
Frazier’s Boot Bitters are not a dram
shop beverage, hut are strictly medicinal
In every sense. They act strongly upon
thf Liver and Kidneys, keep tbe bowels
open and regular, make the weak atrong.
heal the lungs, build up the nervee, and
"leanse the blood and system of every Im
purity. Sold by druggists, fl.oo.
For sale by Brannon t Carson and Jna.
P. Turner, Columbus, Ga.
Dr. Frailer’, Marie Otntmeat
A sure cine for Little Grubs tn the Skin,
Rough Skin, etc. It will remove that
roughness from the bands and face and
tneke you beautiful. Price 80c. Sent by
mall. For sale by Brannon A Carson and
John P. 1 urner, Columbus, Ga.
Chis. E Glover, Hermorsello, Mexico,
toly 16, isn't. .ay>; ”1 take pleasure in
■ ddreselng you ones more, tor yrubave
1 be. nos great benefit to me. I wrote to
i you about one and one-half v.ars ego,
i r-om Arliona, for Dr. William's Indian
■ P‘l“ 0 n'mer.t. I received It and.lt cured
tneent reiy. I s’ll! he.d some Ointment
remof- ipg, with which I have ctiied seven
or eight mm e. It Is wondtritil.
Saratoga High Rock Spring Water for
mlf hr r|l drnppiotp n’ >• A w
malCakd ~FE Male academy.
CUSSETA, ©EORGIA.
Th* wn k nf thip Hchoo 1 will bFgin a£Bln
JANUARY 5 1885(flrpf Monday)
IwitlonSlM SO od 43 M,
Accordlrtf ro Fr"d . n*T»-r more
Tttnn tW. Per Month.
1 MVSIC tfS.'t. PER MroNTB,
LOiAiluM Hf.llTlii VI.
W.E. MUBPBET,
Mnlwl'.em’wS Prlne'pal.
I -
OR. JOHN NORWOOD.
OFFICE AT
BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drag Stir I,
Randolph fa treat.
Besldence with H. L. WOODHCFF,
Crawford, b«iwteo Trcvp tad Icraj th »tree*
mrt-bt
K. E. ( HIGGS,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFfflCEl
T. H. EVANb A CO. 8 Drug Btnro,
BesldcDc©, Ja<k«oß Bu Ron'heaat of Court
Hou st with W H. Glmm.
W. A.TICNER. Jr.
Attorney At l aw.
OIFICB IN GABBABD HILLING
COLUMBUS. - - - GEOBGIA
► ——
Great Bargain,
At Phillips' New bhoe btoie, M Broad at,
Uolumbus, Ga. Stock all n< w, fine and
neap. dcfsAwtf
TO
Fanners, Trucksters and Gardeners.
0
I wliLfurnieh on board tbe Oars at Flora,
Alabama, a very
Rich Marl
AT fllliOL AitPEKTOV
o.as:EL i
And * Vary Low Bate of Freight
Is offered by tbe M< bile A Girard B. B
By analysis of the State Geologist thia
MABL contains from & to 8 per cent, of
Phosphate with otb> r lei mixing qualities.
For ccmpoßtiig and broadcasting tor
grain ffeide, orcnaide and lawns it will be
toundl
A ValuablelSfimulator.
Tnls.le uot a Guano, but a RICH MABL -
o
Any orders forwarded to
, R. j. OHR, Agent, Flora, Ala.,
i Mobile A Girard Bailroad, will meet wltk
prompt sf'entlon. deeij.tr
NOTICE I
Georgia MUHOvoin cvrun.-1
Brods, bn •baud of Bca» Brod*. <4 »•(*
County and Mate. ber«ty r , v« nette* loth*
rub He of •©> tent th my said wife, >mb
Bro- 4 *, Bh»h te and bse«f»« from and after tan
date ■ pabite or tree trader, with •!> ©t tbe
right* and jririle«*s oodar theater te ia tuck
, •*■•• made »<>d proviAM. JACOB BhOUA,
doMMy A,133*. Mattel